Big-Money Backers of Donald Trump in Disarray
Trump Gaining Ground vs. Clinton in Battleground States
As wealthy donors supporting Hillary Clinton pummel Donald Trump with negative ads, the Republican presidential candidate's own backers are struggling to return fire, hurt in part by a late start and conflicting signals from the campaign.
In the latest setback, Thomas Barrack, a billionaire Los Angeles investor who said last month he'd gathered $32 million in commitments for a new super-political action committee supporting Trump, has decided not to donate to it or any other super-PAC, according to "Papa" Doug Manchester, a leading Trump fundraiser in California who has discussed the project with Barrack. The group raised only about $2 million through the end of June, according to Yahoo News.